An investigation on demand side management strategies for indian power sector

Abstract

India is a fast growing major economy in the world. Energy plays a dominant role for economic development, gross domestic product growth, improvement in human standard of living and overall progress of the nation. Rapid industrialization, growing urbanization and rising population lead to the greater energy demand which cannot be supplied by the present power generation capacity. In India, electricity demand grows at an average of 4.9% per year. So India needs to build more than 880 GW additional power plants over the period to meet the demand in 2040. Meeting the energy requirement by adding new generation capacity needs huge money investment and long gestation period. Minimization of the total electricity consumption by energy efficiency enhancement options, reduction of the total required power generation, promotion of green and clean energy, elimination of line overloading are the top interests of country due to increase in per capita energy consumption, deficiency of fossil fuels and growing global warming concern. Demand Side Management (DSM) receives increasing attention around the world especially in India. DSM is a smart way to intelligently influence a load, than to build a new plant and transmission infrastructure, resulting in benefits to the utility, consumers and society. DSM refers to technologies, actions and programs on the demand-side of energy meters that seek to manage or decrease energy consumption, in order to reduce total energy system expenditures or contribute to the achievement of policy objectives such as emissions reduction or balancing supply and demand.The specific goal of this research is to investigate demand side management strategies to bridge demand-supply gap of Indian power sector. Initially, DSM strategic conservation techniques were analyzed with an objective of reducing energy and carbon footprint. This research work identified that conservation through energy efficient appliance in India could reduce about 33% energy consumption in pumps, 5.5% energy consumption in motors